Rainfords Goby

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How to Care for Rainfords Goby

written by Dave Burr

Behavior: The Rainford's Goby cruises around the reef looking for tiny invertebrates. It will help to clean the sand bed as it feeds on filamentous algae. The Rainford's Goby is a excellent "Nano Fish" and will do well in any peaceful reef aquarium . They are best kept singly, or as a pair, in aquariums of 60 gallons or more. Add the Rainford's Goby before adding other larger more aggressive gobies.

Feeding: Offer the Rainford's Goby a mixed diet of Arcti Pods, mysis shrimp, and herbivore preparations 4-6 times per week. Soaking all fish food with vitamins will help keep your fish healthier and make them less susceptible to disease. We recommend soaking food in garlic as well when adding new fish and whenever your notice ich or other disease in the aquarium. Garlic will help repel external parasites and will boost the fishes immunity.

Feeding Tips: Remember to feed slowly. Leftover food will cause nitrates and phosphates to rise. If you see food falling to the sand bed and into the rocks, you should feed slower and give the fish a chance to eat before adding a little more. Using a turkey baster allows you to target food to different fish. For example you can feed the aggressive fish on one side of the tank and then squirt a little bit on the other side for the less aggressive fish. This way all the fish get a chance to eat enough.

Water Chemistry: Maintaining Ammonia at 0 ppm, Nitrites at 0 ppm, and Nitrates below 10ppm will help to keep your Rainford's Goby happy and healthy. We recommend doing a water change soon after Nitrates rise above 10 ppm. Maintaining proper calcium (420-440 ppm), alkalinity (8-9.5 dkh - run it 7-8 if you are carbon dosing), and magnesium levels (1260-1350 ppm) will help to keep pH stable in the 8.1-8.4 range. We recommend a specific gravity of 1.024-1.026 with 1.025 being ideal for fish. Temperature should remain stable as well and should stay within a 2 degree range.